Wahey! That’s the enthusiastic start to this very missive. Yes, this one here. Let’s go!

First up is robots. We’re big fans of robots here at I4S, and get very excited when we hear about things like Samsung Techwin’s killing robot, because it feels like we are living in the future. So today’s piece on the ReconRobot is very welcome indeed.

However, fragmented UK police is not so good. According to this article, that’s the consequence of the digital switchover. Yikes!

Don’t forget that all of your security job dreams can come true by visiting Jobs for Security, the security jobs website. It’s kind of like a magical kingdom of wonderful delights for security job seekers.

Well well well. Today’s exciting story with a picture featuring a luminescent shoe is about a man who stole from a Woolworths store and was convicted using SmartWater forensic DNA evidence. It’s very interesting. But the accompanying imagery also leads me to think that police may be able to catch criminals by inviting suspects to large nightclubs fitted with special lights, where the thieves and vagabonds could dance the night away, unaware that their next evening out could be a date with the electric chair! (Or, more likely, some kind of holding cell.) Let’s hope the good people at SmartWater develop this concept, and quickly.

Also happening is the ongoing campaign in Strathclyde, where the SIA, local police and others have looked into rogue security companies, with officers charged with licensing breaches, immigration offences, and working while claiming benefits. I am unsure if any one officer was able to claim the hat trick.

And staying north of the border (that’s the border between Scotland and England, in this particular case), SCS Security Design have gone ahead and got themselves NACOSS Gold accredited. Classy!

Two things of absolutely vital importance. Number one: get involved with the conference Impenetrable Buildings and Perimeters, the number one conference about impenetrable buildings and perimeters.

And currency conversion types Travelex have gone for an IP security solution at troubled new airport terminal, Terminal 5. That’s at Heathrow.

About Schmidt. I only mention the name of this pretty good film because Professor Howard A Schmidt has been made president of the Information Security Forum.

There’s a lot of satisfaction to be had in the world of employment. Not only do you earn a wage which can help you to buy things, there’s also the opportunity to attain some kind of fulfilment by becoming good at your chosen profession. One of the industries in which you can have a job is the security industry. Find out more at www.jobsforsecurity.com. Go on!